David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu As combines roll into fields, thought it might be fitting to share this photo of a corn field with uneven, poor stand along the edge of the field. What might have contributed to the unthriftyness… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Congratulations to Keith McGowan and others for identifying nematodes and sudden death syndrome. The stem question was a tough one. The discoloration is actually from Dectes stem borer tunneling. This particular field had heavy Dectes… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Well, I final updated the form. Congratulations to Brian Farkas and to Chris Cawley for correctly identifying the two earworms in the photos. The first was a small corn earworm larva. You can tell by… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu This week, I’ve got a couple of small worms that showed up in a sweep net. Which one(s) is (are) corn earworm? Enter your guess here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oz5-yCm8xifZtDlvZ-vPbd8a0GR-V6H9ddb9fhAyzzY/edit.
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu One person wrote in a potential cause of last week’s trickle tape woe is red brown algae. Another one, and is the case in this photo, is excessive iron deposits. A blurb from Weekly Crop… Continue Reading
